Ukraine

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Cultures
Languages:
1.Bosnian
2.Croatian
Religion:
1.muslim 40%
2.orthodox 31%
Native Dish:
Name:holubtsi
Recipe:holubtsi (cabbage leaves stuffed with ground meat and rice)
One Celebration or Festival:Soviet Amry Day:Feb 23. it is unoffically
celebrated as a sort of mens day
Literacy Rate:96.7
USA: 97%
Country:ukraine
Social Customs:eating-soup and fish or meat greeting-wave hand and say
hi dating- visit friends, goto bars or movies, or dance at the disicos
Recreation:on weekends, young people enjoy leaving the city and camping
on a river or in the woods
Government
Type:
republic
Leader:
Viktor Yanukovych
Independence:
When:august 14,1991
From Whom:Soviet Union
Economics
Monetary Unit:
hryvnia
Exchange Rate:
per dollar=5.05
GDP:
USA: $39,676
Country:7,800
Major Industries:
1.coal
2.eletric power
Major Trading Partner:
Imports:Russia
Exports:Russia
Life Expectancy:
Men:62.16
Women:73.96
Geography
Climate:most of Ukraine has cold winters and warm summers
Natural Resource:
1.iron ore
2.coal
3.manganese
Physical Features:
1.the Dnieper River:this is ukraine's largest river and runs into the black sea
2.the Coastal Plains:it goes along the black and the sea of azov and includes
most of the crimean penisula
Environmental Issues:
inadequate supplies of potable water air and water pollution
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